Hitman coach and GM Jim Terry said, "I've never seen a player this excited at this level of play."

I guess when your other option is doing 8-10 for armed robbery, even the -- wait for it -- Mahoning Valley Hitmen of the EIFL look appealing.

But Terry thinks the Hitmen are a good fit for the troubled ex-Buckeye saying, "He’s a bona fide Division I star, and he’s from Youngstown. If he can’t make it here, he can’t make it anywhere."

Uh...was that a compliment? Gee, thanks, Coach.

Now, before everyone gets too excited about seeing ol' Mo' running from someone besides cops these days, there's one teeny, weeny catch. The Hitmen, which formed in May, only have four -- that's right, FOUR -- players on their roster at this point although they plan to have open tryouts in August (Hmm, I smell MZone staff roadtrip).

Oh, and they also don't know where they are going to play their games yet. But don't sweat the details, says Terry. He says the season will start in January (or February) with no fewer than five teams (but no more than seven).

"The most important thing is that every team that starts the season ends the season," Terry said. "I don’t want this to be like a bowling league with a new guy or new team leaving every year."

Uh, dude, you'd be lucky for this thing to end up on par with a bowling league. Seriously. I mean, weren't the Mahoning Valley Hitmen one of the teams in The Longest Yard? Or maybe it was that Goldie Hawn movie where she was the coach.

But even Terry realizes how some folks (like us) will perceive Clarett's latest athletic endeavor. "A lot of people will say, ‘Look how far he has fallen,’ " Terry said. "I say, ‘What do you want this guy to do? Do you want him to just give up?’ "

Uh...yes.

And saddest of all: Clarett will probably make less in the EIFL than at TOSU.

54 comments:

I wish he would've signed with a GLIFL (Great Lakes Football League) team. There's a team outside of my city that's undefeated and probably going to win it all. I would've loved to be able to heckle him without traveling too far away.

Jeez, Anon 7:35, ease up on the accusatory self-rightousness. I think we'd be even more gleeful about MoC's troubles if he was a buckstache and mullet wearing hillbilly, as he would more closely resemble the average tOSU fan here in central ohio.

It does not bother me what the color of someones skin is. If they do stupid things I am going to laugh at them and and not even bother pissing in their mouths if they were dying of thirst in the desert. I do not discrimnate when hate or make of fun people because if I did it would only leave me with less people to make fun of and thus make me feel better about myself.

So anon. 7:35 if that stupid, whiny, criminal is your brother maybe you should help him instead of spending your time accusing other people of being racist. Or at the very least hit over the head with a two by four to knock some sense into him. I am quite sure that the past actions of Maurice have had no bearing on how people think about him since it is all our fault not his.

If your Eskimo brother was once the one of the best running backs in the country but now is playing for a FOUR MAN football team in something called the Eastern Indoor Football League, you're out of your mind if you think we wouldn't be talking about it.

Previous handgun experience a plus, good foot speed( or at least out run police speed)a requirement, and thorough knowledge of current criminal codes a must, sorry no wiggle room on the last one.Now Mr Clarett, are you sure you want to be a "Hitman"?

Reverend Al, you must be joking if you honestly think he Clarett was the greatest talent in the last 25 years. There are at least 50 who were better, not to mention who weren't stupid enough to show up 20 pounds overweight at their only shot at the NFL.

I don't dislike him because he's black or because he's a former buckeye.

I dislike him because he's a felon. Clarett was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated robbery with gun specifications and five other counts. Also while at OSU being charged for filing a false police report claiming that more than $10,000 in clothing, CDs, cash and stereo equipment was stolen from a car he borrowed from a local dealership. He later pleaded guilty to a lesser criminal charge in that incident.

He, Marcus Vick, and countless others waste their amazing athletic talents by just being stupid and portraying or trying to portray a gangsta thug like image.

Also the funniest thing about this whole thing isn't that his supposed new team only has 4 players so far. The funniest part is the league only has 3 teams. There are flag football organizations that are better sponsored and organized.

It is you, Yost, of all people that should have MoC's back. It was through his actions at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY that allowed Michigan(SUCKS) to have a snowballs chance in hell of winning a damn football game.

MoC single handedly distracted the team to give Michigan(SUCKS) a shot, and they(Michigan SUCKS)still could not pull it off.

I'm flattered that you would group me in such fine company as Mr. Sharpton and Mr. Orangeman,Jim Brown.

Back to the issue at hand, in this great country of ours you are innocent until proven guilty.

MoC pled down to a lesser charge because his homeboy lawyer did it behind his back. Mo was furious and had intended to fight this injustice all the way up to the supreme court, but the paperwork had already been filed.

Your so full of it. He pleaded guilty!! Even if his lawyer made a deal behind his back he still have the choice to say he was not guilty in front of the judge. So there was not more to this case than met the eye.

He was accused of filing a false police report, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge to get less punishment. It's very cut and dry and happens all the time. If he was guilty of the orginal crime we'll never know.

Although unlikely, having $10,000 in clothing/cds/stereo eqipment in a "borrowed" car might actually be quite common for an OSU player.

Yep Clarret is completely innocent. By the way did you guys know that Lawerence Philips was actually just visiting his girlfriend, and that whole "assult and battrey" and "he threw here her down the stairs" thing was just a lie invented by The Man to keep him down.

You are correct only in the sense Maurice could have changed his plea to not guilty. Unfortunatly this would have created undue financial burdon upon Maurice and his family, primarily from the fees involved in the paperwork.

Maurice approached his lawyer and suggested that they split the filing fees, but the sleezy sidewinder would have no part of it.

Everytime Maurice called the attorney's office he got the run around, he's not in, he's on the phone, it was a really bad scene.

Undue finacial burden? It's not like it was a $1,000,000 capital muder case(look back here for that in a year or so). The whole thing started when he claimed $10,000 worth of stuff was stolen. If he can afford all that why couldn't afford a few legal fees.

Oh wait I forgot he was the true victim and we should feel sorry for him because an evil lawyer took advantage of him. We should make a monument of him so others who break the law won't be taken advantage of.

Also, if he didn't want to put undue attention and financial burden(which is BS) on his family he shouldn't be such a dumbass and break the law.

What number would I have to say to make you happy? Ok here goes, I honestly believe to file/change his paperwork it would require nothing less than 2/3 of Ohio's budget, the whole state not just the school.

Come on man get real, yeah it's not pocket change for most people. But it's certainly not $20,000 or even $10,000 dollars. It's not like the case dragged on for years and required a team of lawyers. If you do believe that you must be an internet reverend, for $20 I can be ordained too.

So then you agree with all my points including, Maurice's former coach was a sweater wearing cracker,and that Maurice was easily the greatest talent coming out of college in the last 25 years, from THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY of course.

Unfortunately Reed4au you are spineless weakling, it took the threat of a ban to make you see the light.

Be that as it may, I will talk to the powers to be about an exception on the spineless weakling rule.

Your obviously a moron if you think Clarett was the best talent coming out of college in the last 25 years. That he's not in the top 50 is not my opinion that is fact. Also you are obviously a racist blaming the "MAN" for everything bad that happens to you or anybosy you might know. Let me guess the lawyer for Clarett was both white and went to UM.

Grow up man and get your facts straight, Clarett was a talented player who threw it all away and now will see some time behind bars.

Lots of reporters got egg on their faces about this hitman story. They were so happy to put down Clarett, and try to destroy whatever they thought he might be doing with his life, that they forgot to do their jobs. No one thought to check out the story to see whether it was true or not!

Clarett will be OK. The joke is on us. We are the ones who are not seeing possibly one of the greatest players of our time because of some NFL BS.

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